Was just about to link this. Amazing story.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
“If you look at Billy, he’s very stoic,” says Heiche, who coordinated the reunion. “He doesn’t give a lot of facial expressions. But he looked down, and as she opened the case, he looked at it for a second and froze. Everybody was dead silent. And he goes, ‘That’s it.'”
crying
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
He slowly opened the case and froze. “That’s it,” he said. “That’s my hair.”
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
I'm not really a fan of this band, aside from a few minutes here and there, but I've had "Quiet" stuck in my head all day. (I had to look it up because I didn't know the title and don't have a copy of "Siamese Dream.")
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
will he be paying James the $20,000 reward he offered in 2009 for the instrument? “She didn’t want anything,” he says.
oh ffs buy her that hot tub at least you cheap shit
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
NOhttps://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/billy-corgan-guitar-portrait.jpg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
Billy The Pimp
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
maybe he did buy her a hot tub but doesn't want to brag about it
or he didn't know about the hot tub before the story was published
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link
Truly, a hot tub time machine.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
my man wearing a coat made out of weed
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
The coffeeshop at my work has been playing a Pumpkins song lately that I can't identify; guess it's one of the new ones? They usually play very mainstream/familiar stuff.
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
Does he say lover a lot
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link
Ha ha -- I'll have to listen more closely next time I get a small light roast
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
Btw -- I saw them play in Detroit, and searched to see if maybe it was *that show*... but no, it was Nov. '91 (opening for RHCP, with Pearl Jam).
So guess I saw him play with that guitar!
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I would have too -- late December 1991 club show with Hole.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
July 1991 in Northampton, MA, hardly anybody there. I remember a short set, they were restless afterward and Billy invited us back to their hotel for drinks. We said no!
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
Then he wrote a song about you.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
Mayonaaise is about that night, yes
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:21 (five years ago) link
man I just went looking on spfc.org to see if any of those shows were taped but nope, not even any setlists
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link
only decent closeup show I can find with the Gish Strat. good showcase for it, they open with an early version of Drown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXIaxN2SQ6U
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:09 (five years ago) link
Wow — great sound in that video!
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link
Man, did I love this band in this era (in high school).
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyjBDmEcKAE
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:23 (five years ago) link
Any footage of Billy talking is immediately improved by just 5 seconds of James.
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:36 (five years ago) link
I love James and his sense of humour. I think even Billy comes across pretty well in that video though, it was a better watch than I was expecting.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
lol @ james
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 February 2019 16:23 (five years ago) link
the little bit of the "drown" riff he plays at the end, wonderful
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 February 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
i confess i feel very happy when i see them getting along.
― Nourry, Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
I still didn't finish listening to Billy's Cotillions but it already seems his best songs since zwan or machina.
― Nourry, Friday, 22 November 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
listening to it now and it's sounding pretty good, pleasantly surprised. though i did think Shiny & Oh So Bright Vol. 1 was surprisingly good for what it was too so maybe he's finally making a return to form of sorts. Shiny & Oh So Bright Vol. 2 & 3 is being recorded at the moment apparently and it's going to be a double album with 24 tracks (not sure if it's being released as one or two albums though).
― ufo, Friday, 22 November 2019 12:08 (four years ago) link
yes, Shiny & Oh So Bright Vol. 1 was way better than his previous albums, but i never felt the need to return to it. but, as you said, with this new one i'm also pleasantly surprised. let's hope he keeps in this form.
― Nourry, Friday, 22 November 2019 12:15 (four years ago) link
Billy has apparently discovered country music about 25 years after James Iha's Gram Parsons phase.
― Sam Weller, Friday, 22 November 2019 12:19 (four years ago) link
This sounds nice but seems way too samey to be this long?
― Simon H., Friday, 22 November 2019 12:31 (four years ago) link
kinda feeling that too. but still surprised.
― Nourry, Friday, 22 November 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
this would also have maybe been a good time to take a step back from making his lyrics so impenetrable, but alas
― Simon H., Friday, 22 November 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
nourry did you hear Ogilala? that one blew me away
― flappy bird, Friday, 22 November 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
never really got into 'ogilala'. something with the mix kinda put me off, but I have to give it another chance, i suppose.
― Nourry, Friday, 22 November 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
The west coast rap origins of one of Billy Corgan's most famous couplets.
Shock G: I'm in a rageHumpty: Oh yeah? Yo, why is that G?Shock G: Other races, they say we act like rats in a cage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGgWf2lacM&feature=youtu.be&t=188
― ☮️ (peace, man), Sunday, 15 March 2020 23:43 (four years ago) link
whoever had "synth-pop" on their Corgan Pivots bingo card, step right up
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 12:34 (three years ago) link
Was just about to dig up this thread to see what anyone thought.My immediate reaction is positive, if lukewarm, on first listen.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 28 August 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
The sound is really cool but, as usual with late Corgan, the songs feel half-baked. he seems to have developed a fear of choruses
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
it's not even bad. it's just so completely nothing.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
the last album was actually kinda alright, guess he's over that
― ufo, Friday, 28 August 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
wow it's like thefutureembrace never happened
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
"cyr" needs another part so bad to the point where i can hear this sudden explosion of major-key guitars in my head and it never happens
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
still on a basic level i think it's kinda cool and surprisingly not embarrassing, the backing vocals are great
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4f2VcOva4M
remember this? it's fucking sick
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
I always forget about thefutureembrace cause it's not on spotify, in canada at least. it rules of course!
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
yeah zwan, thefutureembrace, and zeitgeist are all absent from streaming services
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
zwan really the big tragedy there